Josh Goodman, from political blog Governing.com, reports that the congealing conventional wisdom is that the frontrunner in the race for Maine governor is Eliot Cutler. Here is an excerpt:
Conventional wisdom already has elected Independent Eliot Cutler Maine’s next governor.
A surprising number of insiders believe Republican Paul LePage and Democrat Libby Mitchell — although strong in their respective party primaries — are weak candidates for November’s general election
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The early line on this race reports LePage too conservative and subject to gaffes caused by his outspoken and frank responses to questions, and Mitchell too liberal and too long in state government, the source of much angst and anger amongst voters.
You can read the full article here.